Heater



Patented Nov. 3, 1936 HEATER Sol Fisher, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Dill Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application August 6,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a heater for use in waving hair, and more particularly to a steam heater for that purpose.

An object of the invention is to provide a steam heater tube for waving hair which is so formed as to absorb any moisture of condensation, and thereby obviate the likelihood of hot water falling on a customer as the tube is removed from the head.

Another object is to provide a steam heater tube which may be attached readily, quickly and securely to a source of steam supply and which may be positioned quickly upon a curling rod and securely clamped to the hair of the customer.

A further object is to provide a steam heater tube which is simple to manufacture and use and which may be economically produced.

Further and additional objects and advantages residing in the invention will become more ap parent hereinafter during the detailed description which is to follow of an embodiment thereof, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 shows two of the heaters of the present invention applied to a persons head and connected to a source of supply of steam;

Fig. 2 is a full size elevational view of the heater as it is when positioned upon a curling rod and attached to a persons hair and to a source of supply of steam, certain portions of the tube being broken away and shown in section and disclosing the curling rod with the hair curled thereon within the tube;

Fig. 3 is a full size elevational view of the tube of the heater with the end or closure caps removed therefrom;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

40 Fig. 5 is a detail side elevational view of the closure or end cap shown at the left hand side of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an end view of the cap shown in Fig. 5, looking from the right hand side of said figure;

Fig. '7 is a sectional View of the end or closure cap shown at the right hand side of Fig. 2, the steam supply pipe being shown in position to be inserted into the opening in the cap and secured therein, and i 50 Fig. 8 is an end elevational view of the cap shown in Fig. 7, looking from the left hand side of Fig. 7.

The heater of the present invention is of the steam type and comprises a tube which receives the curling rod upon which the hair is wound 1934, Serial No. 738,673

and the end caps or closure members for sealing the ends of the tube, one of said caps being constructed to be connected to a source of supply of steam.

The tube is formed of suitable material having sufficient rigidity to maintain the shape of the tube, and said material is preferably spirally wound into the cylindrical shape of the tube.

The tube is composed of two different materials, the inner material iii being such as to absorb moisture and the outer material ll being impervious tomoisture, as for example, aluminum foil. The overlapping convolutions of the material are secured together with a suitable moisture-proof adhesive.

The provision of the moisture absorbing inner material i0 is of great importance, since the water produced by the condensation of the steam within the tube during use is absorbed by the material. This eliminates the danger of hot water being spilled upon customers as the end caps are removed from the tube preparatory to sliding the tube off of the curling rod and the hair wound thereon.

The tube at one of its ends is provided with a notch l2 which receives the strand of hair that is wound upon the curling rod and in which the strand is clamped by the end or closure cap arranged upon the end of the tube.

The tube in some instances may be closed at its end having the notch l2 by means of a cupshaped cap I3, preferably formed of metal, and having a sliding but tight fit upon the end, of the tube. In other instances the end of the tube having the notch l2 may be closed by a cupshaped cap l4 having means for securing a steam supply pipe thereto and in communication with the interior of the tube, as will later be explained. In either event the cap it or the cap M when closing the end of the tube having the notch I2 will clamp the strand of hair in the notch I2. When the cap I4 is used to close the end of the tube having the notch I2, the opposite end of the tube will be closed either by the cap l3 or by some other suitable closure means.

The cap M is a cup-shaped member similar to the cap I3 but is provided in its bottom wall with a centrally arranged opening iii. A disk I6 is secured to the inner side of the bottom wall of the cap I l and has upstanding spaced portions l'l extending diametrically of the disk, said portions being either integral with the disk I6 or soldered or welded thereto as may be desirable. A member I8 is secured to the disk, by soldering it thereto or by any other suitable means, be-

tween the portions IT and has a bore I9 therethrough aligning with the opening I5 in the cap I4. The member I8 is provided with a recess communicating with the bore I9 and in which is arranged a ball detent urged toward the bore I9 by a spring 2|.

A steam supply pipe 22 is shown in Fig. '7, and has a fitting 23 on its end adapted to pass into the opening I5 and bore I9 with a sliding but tight fit, said fitting 23 having a notch 24 into which snaps the ball detent 20 to hold the fitting secure in the cap.

It will be understood that a plurality of the tubes are used when waving a customers hair, but since each tube is applied in an identical manner only one need be explained.

The hair is wound upon the curling rod in a manner well understood, after which the rod and the wound hair thereon is slipped into the tube with the end of the tube having the notch I2 adjacent to the customers head. The cap It or the cap M may then be positioned over this end of the tube so as to close the end of the tube and clamp the strand of hair in the notch I2. In Figs. 1 and 2 the cap I 3 is illustrated as applied to the end of the tube having the notch I2, while the cap I4 is shown applied to the opposite end of the tube. In this instance the steam supply pipe 22 is connected to the cap I4 at the end of the tube remote from the head by inserting the fitting 23 into the opening I5 and bore It until the detent 20 snaps into the recess 24. In the case where the cap I4 is secured to the end of the tube having the notch I2, the steam supply pipe 22 is secured, of course, to the tube adjacent the head in the same manner.

In whichever way the tube and caps are assembled and mounted on the rod and hair it will be seen that the steam enters the tube from the pipe 22 through the opening I5 in the cap I4 and the bore I9 in the member I8 and that the fitting 23 is securely held in position by the detent 20, but may be readily removed when desired.

As previously stated, moisture caused by the condensation of the steam in the tube will be absorbed by the inner absorbent material II] of the tube, Wherefore when the cap on the end of the tube adjacent the head is removed there will be no danger of hot water spilling upon the customer.

Although a preferred embodiment of the in vention has been illustrated and described herein it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of various modifications and adaptations within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A hair waving heater of the steam type comprising a tube open at its opposite ends and having an inner lining of moisture absorbent material and an outer covering of moisture impervious material, said tube adjacent one of its ends being provided with a notch, and caps for closing the opposite ends of said tube, one of said caps being provided with means for connecting a steam supply pipe thereto.

2. A hair waving heater of the steam type comprising a tube open at its opposite ends and having an inner lining of moisture absorbent material and an outer covering of moisture impervious material, and removable caps for closing the opposite ends of said tube one of said caps being provided with means for connecting a steam supply pipe thereto.

SOL FISHER. 

